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MOZART Piano Concertos Nos 17 & 24

At last the brightest stars in Sony’s firmament come together: Lang Lang (32) and Nikolaus Harnoncourt (nearly 85). The marketing...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 10/2014

MOÓR Cello Concertos

'Almost completely forgotten’, says the booklet-note about Emanuel Moór (1863-1931), thus relieving the pangs of guilt within those of us...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 10/2014

MENDELSSOHN Symphonies Nos 1 & 3

The differences between these two productions strike home forcibly right from the off, as early as the First Symphony’s opening...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 10/2014

MAHLER Symphony Nos 9 & 10 (Adagio)

A recap may be in order. In Edward Seckerson’s criticism of the ‘forensic exposition’ of the Sixth (8/14), David Gutman’s...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 10/2014

MAHLER Symphony No 7

More than the other Mahler symphonies, No 7 lends itself to many diverse viewpoints, whether as a cram-packed dreamworld (Sinopoli,...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 10/2014

STAMITZ; HOFFMEISTER; ZELTER Viola Concertos

In the latter part of the 18th century the viola, previously neglected as a solo instrument, began to appear occasionally...

Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 10/2014

HINDEMITH Nobilissima Visione. 5 Pieces for String Orchestra

Naxos trumpets this new recording (actually set down in 2011) of the complete score for Hindemith’s ballet Nobilissima Visione (1938)...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 10/2014

GUNNING Symphonies Nos 6 & 7. Night Voyage

Christopher Gunning (b1944) can number Alan Bush, Edmund Rubbra and Richard Rodney Bennett among his mentors. Since 2002 he has...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 10/2014

ŁUKASZEWSKI Sinfonietta GÓRECKI Concerto-Notturno

These modern Polish composers may not have songs in their hearts – at least ones of their own – but...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 10/2014

ENESCU Symphony No 5. Isis

Karol Szymanowski is the obvious point of stylistic reference at the start of Isis except that where Szymanowski would soon...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 10/2014

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